Consideration was given to a report from the Authority’s Auditor KPMG, the headlines of which included: -
· Certification work had been undertaken on one claim / return, the Housing Benefit Subsidy claim.
· The certified value of the claim was £23,030,996
· The work had been completed and the claim certified on 28 November 2016
KPMG had made no recommendations to the Authority to improve its claims completion process.
RESOLVED that the information contained within report GA.40 16/17 be received, noted and accepted.